Lever-controlled paddle-action flying machine



Apr. 3, 1923. H

A. HONEY. y LEVER CONTROLLED PADDLE ACTION FLYING MACHINE.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

FILED DEC. 3. )1921.

Apr. 3, 1923. 1,450,454. A. B.. HONEY.

LEVER CONTROLLED PADDLE ACTION FLYIN'MACHINE.

FILED DEC. 8, 192i. `ZSHEETS-SHEIT 2- Paanaa Apr. 3, 19273.

ALEXANDER B. BDNEY 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

LEVER-CONTRGLLED PADDLE-ACTION FLYING MACHINE.

Application led December 8, 1921. SerialvNo. 521,013.

To all whom it may conc-em:

Be it known that I, AmxANDnR B. RONEY,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Lever-Controlled Paddle-Action Flying Machine, of which the following is a specification.

I show herewith a feathering paddle wheel propeller as combined in pairs to a fuselage with which the multiple members are made to co-act and propel said fuselage upward, downward, forward, backward and sidewise, as follows:

1, is a partial cross section of Fig. 2, on llne 0 0.

Fig. 2, is a partial cross section of Fig. 1, on line 6b.

Fig. 3, is a view in elevation of Fig. 4.

Fig. 4, is a transverse plan view of Fig. 3.' Fig. 2, shows that the paddlev parts 15, l5, are accessible and that said paddle parts are separately mounted in the frame 1, on their' own axle members 2,` 2, which are pivotally aligned in the` plane of frame I, and shouldered in their respective bearings F, F, against end thrust, and that the opposite ends of said axle parts Aeach carry a 2 to 1 reduction gear part3, in mesh with the stationary gear 4, around which theyare carried by frame 1, in its orbit around the axis of the driving shaft 5, to effect a continuous rotation of the paddle members on their own axle parts 2, 2, in opposite directions.

Fig. l, shows that the gear part 4, is carried on the outer end of the sleeve part 6, which is journaled, adjustably in the fuselage 7, and that said sleeve 6, can, by means of lever 9, be rotated in its fuselage bearing and locked to the fuselage proper by the trigger piece 40, carried on lever 9, when 1t is engaged to any one of the spaced notches cut in the periphery of the ring part 50, that surrounds said sleeve part .6; said ring part 50, is held rigid to the fuselage by a projecting bracket which lies beieath sleeve 6, and is indicated by dotted ines. Fig. 1, also shows that drive-shaft 5, is connected to the outer portion of the lubricant Vcasing 12, which includes the journal caps 13, 13, by means of which the said drive shaft is bolted to the outer side of frame 1, thus them both a one-piece aembly in which the aligned and quartered paddle parts 15,' 15, are mounted and strongly supported for continuous rotation of the paddle members, from llat to edge and edge to flat by their gear parts 3, 3, now in running mesh with the stationary gear part 4, and which is adapted to be turned on its' own axis around the driving shaft 5, by the distant -control lever `9, that is located in the fuselage nacelle for shifting the radial point at which the paddles strike fiat against theair for purposes of directional propulsion referred to elsewhere.

2 to 1, gear reduction heremeans that only one side of each rotating paddle strikes flat in its circuit aroundthe axis of the driving shaft 5; in other words, said paddles make only one turn on their own axles to their one rotation around the axis of shaft 5, on which they are rotatably mounted.

I now adapt this-said i turn quartered,

`paddle wheel propelleruiit to. a fuselage and propel it through the air drlven by a` motor means under lever control as follows:

Figs. 3 and 4 represent my flying machine equipped with my turn propeller units in palrs. I

In Fig. 4, the numeral 7 mdlcates the standard type of fuselage, but in this 1n stance, the body part is split along the cen--l ter line a-a, after the manner of a-journal bearing to enclose the motorparts and. sup-t 'port the outer ends of the lateral driving axles 5, 5 in the sleeve parts 6, 6, 6, 6,- wlnch are adjustably journaled between both halves of the fuselage proper. sleeves and axle parts pro]ect fromthe sides of the fuselage proper and mount my l turn propeller units on their outer ends. Midway of their length the lateral driving axles 5, 5 carry roller gear parts 8, 8 by means of whichthey are connected together through the motor drive shaft 14, to stand at equal distance on opposite sides of the fuselage center of gravity.-

Then by means of right and left hand The said fuifA levers 9, 9 and the endless chain belt parts:

17, 17 that are -wrapped around the hub por-'- tions of the quartering sleeves 6, 6 and 6, 6,

the said sleeves are thereby made to reverse in their fuselage bearings back and forth by a push a`nd pull of sald levers which are fastened to said sleeves. f

In operation, the motor revolves the fore and aft-propeller units in reverse directions as is indicated by arrows in Fig. 3, that is, they are revolved inversely to the center of fuselage gravity to lift up the machine, which means that the leverage of the paddle units is inversely balanced over the fusela center of gravity.

ow the operator movesboth levers as one to turn and radially position alike4 all the journaled sleeve parts 6, on both sides of the fuselage and thereby set all the paddles to the horizontal position so as to make the flat side of each paddle part strike downward on the air simultaneously and elevate the machine, then the operator moves both levers Vas one `for `forward travel. This means that the aft-paddles have been shifted by the sleeve parts 6, so that their fiat sides strike flat against the air above the axis line a-a, and the fore paddles have been shifted to strike flat beneath the axis line a-a. Then the operator moves the right hand lever to shift the right hand sleeves, and steer the machine to the right, then puts it back to zero; then moves the left hand lever to shift the sleeves on that side of the fuselage to steer to the left, then to avoid gliding past a stopping point, Ihe moves both levers as one to slow down. This means that the paddles aft have been shifted to strike Hat beneath the axis line L -a, and the front paddles above said line a-a.

ow, to land the machine, the operator will move both levers as one and shift all the sleeve -parts 6, to position all the paddles horizontally as shown to simultaneously strike flat downward on the air, which they were set to` elevate it, but now the operator lets go of both levers, he leaves them placed, then throttles the speed of the Y motor either fast or slow to raise or lower the machine.

Finally, the feathering paddle wheel units, by reason of their paddle parts turning from flat to edge while they are being carried around by the motor drives are only elective for purposes of propulsion through one Q; of their circuit through the air, but the other is not wasted for it is employed sidewise to automatically stabilize the iiight of the machine. The plane and rudder parts A and B are. both shown in Figures 3 and 4.

I claim: j

l. A feathering paddle Wheel propeller comprising a frame mounted on a right angle drive shaft rotatably supported in an adjustable sleeve bearing 'aligned axles on said frame and carrying quartered paddles, gears mounted on said axles' and on said sleeve bearing, said gears having a two-toone ratio respectively, and a lubricant casing integral with said frame and enclosing said gears. V

2. In a flying machine, a fuselage, fore and aft transverse shafts means for rotating said shafts reversely, pairs of half-turn paddle Wheel"profpellers mounted on said shafts and projecting latterly from the sides of said fuselage, means for half-turning the paddles of said propellers at each revolution, means for enclosing said turning means, pairs of adjustable bearings for said transverse shafts on said fuselage, a drive common to a pair of bearings on either side of said fuselage and a lever control for one bearing ofv each pair.

ALEXANDER B. RONEY. Witnesses:

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